{"id":4248,"date":"2021-12-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/?p=4248"},"modified":"2021-12-12T09:42:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T17:42:24","slug":"soundwave-89-daniel-fuzztone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/josephaleo.com\/blog\/soundwave-89-daniel-fuzztone\/","title":{"rendered":"SOUNDWAVE : 89 : DANIEL FUZZTONE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today\u2019s guest deejay is danielfuzztone<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

daniel\u2019s mix is important to me for several reasons.<\/p>\n\n

One reason is that I meant daniel through Soundwave guest deejay Michael Donaldson<\/a> (listen to Michael\u2019s mix here<\/a>) when he posted an interview<\/a> with daniel on his Micro.blog<\/a>. Initially, I read the interview simply because it was on Micro.blog, a cool social media network I am a member of. But what hooked me was the interview itself and daniel\u2019s exploration of sound through this music.<\/p>\n\n

The other reason today\u2019s show is important to me is that while I love all<\/em> the mixes on Soundwave, and I mean that, daniel\u2019s mix hit me in all the right places. He included some familiar and precious tracks from the likes of Miles Davis<\/a>, This Mortal Coil<\/a> and Skinny Puppy<\/a>. This is stuff I immersed myself in the 80s and 90s, so it felt like putting on a well-worn sweater. But daniel\u2019s mix included\u00a0a lot<\/em>\u00a0of stuff I had never heard of before, like Oliver Coates<\/a>, Besombes & Rizet<\/a>, and Angelo Badalamenti<\/a>. It was a perfect blend of the familiar and unfamiliar that his mix provided just under an hour\u2019s with of dopamine hits.<\/p>\n\n

The final reason is that I listened to daniel\u2019s mix many places (while working, walking my dog, doing the dishes, etc.), but the place that had the most significance was in my car while driving my grandkid to day school. The experience is already special because I enjoy watching all the adults delivering their most precious of cargos and seeing the love and concern on their faces. daniel\u2019s mix heightened and already tender experience.<\/p>\n\n

daniel has words of his own regarding today\u2019s mix below.<\/p>\n\n

Join us next weekend when our guest deejay will be Sean Slight.<\/p>\n\n

See you then!<\/p>\n\n

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Like much of the ambient-drone music I produce, this mix was born from a live performance and then manipulated in the digital domain via Audacity. Nothing beats the hardware-software hybrid. <\/p>\n\n

While I\u2019ve DJed for three decades years \u2014 including two long stretches of college radio \u2014 my skills were a bit rusty, to say the least. I wanted to showcase some of my long-time favorite artists \u2014 Brian Eno<\/a>, Boards of Canada<\/a>, Spacemen 3<\/a>, Jean-Michel Jarre<\/a> \u2014 along with several newer ones (and maybe even a few you wouldn\u2019t necessarily think of in the ambient realm). <\/p>\n\n

I performed the set in real time using two MacBooks as playback decks, connected to a cheapo RadioShack DJ mixer from the \u201990s.* Recorded in Audacity. Numerous field recordings and samples were also added at this stage \u2014 including a mix-long drone of processed shortwave static.<\/p>\n\n

The result is a dark, noisy vibe with bursts of melody, strands of light, and even occasional beats. It\u2019s mysterious and romantic, a droning, pulsing soundtrack from the past 50 years. Enjoy and #DroneOn<\/p>\n\n

\u2014 danielfuzztone <\/p>\n\n

POST-SCRIPT: Look for several back-to-back releases in early 2022 via Bandcamp, as well as a live performance in January.<\/p>\n\n

*Due to the lo-fi-meets-hi-fi nature of the recording, you\u2019ll occasionally hear pops and ticks from some of the aging gear. Relax. It\u2019s all part of the ride.<\/p>\n\n